He Said What?

"Owning a handgun doesn't make you armed any more than owning a guitar makes you a musician."

Jeff Cooper

Well punk, I know what you're thinking. Did he fire it 5 times or 6? Well, go ahead punk make my day --------- or something to that effect?

Milt1 said:

Well punk, I know what you're thinking. Did he fire it 5 times or 6? Well, go ahead punk make my day --------- or something to that effect?

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I think there was a, "Do you feel lucky", before the infamous "Make my day".

Let me see, according to my grandfather - the successful gunfight is the one that didn't happen. As well as "if you fire all the shells in your magazine and need more you either started shooting too soon or shouldn't have been shooting at all.

Uncle Lee had too many to list so I'll just go with his two favorites... The speed of conversion of an aggressive man to a reasonable man is proportional to the size of the hole in the end of the barrel and his belief of your willingness to use it. Followed by - if you find yourself in a fair fight you need to rethink your tactics. (rephrased to follow Sister Beatrice's sensitivities)

Then there is my Dad... The deadliest weapon you can own lies with the few cubic inches inside your skull.

Then there is what I told my husband when he was deployed to Iraq- If the other guy has a knife or a club, empty the magazine and to hell with the Geneva Convention.

“A man’s got to know his limitations.” - Harry Callahan (Clint Eastwood)

Pat Riot said:

“A man’s got to know his limitations.” - Harry Callahan (Clint Eastwood)

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I believe that line fits in so many of areas of life. Some just don't get it. That is why there are emergency rooms.

Shoot First. Shoot Often. But Most Importantly, Shoot Last.

The problem is not the availability of guns, it is the availability of morons.

Antonio Meloni

Bring enough gun

SharpDog said:

"Slow is smooth, Smooth is fast."

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Quite frankly, I have always found that one to be too cryptic to be anything but a bit annoying.

Officers'Wife said:

if you find yourself in a fair fight you need to rethink your tactics

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I've heard that one, if as "if you find yourself in a fair fight and there's no ropes or ref, it ain't actually fair."

I have always liked The Rule of 3s.

"In any survival situation you may survive:
-3 weeks without food;
-3 days without water;
-3 hours without shelter;
-3 minutes without breathing, and;
-3 seconds without thinking."

Two of my favorites from The Good, the Bad and the Ugly:

"When you have to shoot, shoot! Don't talk."

And, "You see, in this world there are two kinds of people my friend; those with loaded guns...and those who dig. You dig."

Stay safe!

One man with a gun can control 100 without one. - Vladimir Lenin

The sheep who think the 2nd Amendment should be infringed upon, would do well to read that one.

Slow is smooth, Smooth is fast." Quite frankly, I have always found that one to be too cryptic to be anything but a bit annoying.

If you learned the lesson he was trying to convey it could save your life.. It did mine in 2 different serious social encounters. It takes a lot of practice but smooth can become very fast. I practiced every day for 13 years before going on duty. I'm still here.

Iggy said:

If you learned the lesson he was trying to convey it could save your life.

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Good to know ... still doesn't change my feelings about the saying one bit, though.

"Use enough gun" Robert Ruark quote, expressing his disgust at a failed attempt to kill a wart hog with a 220 Swift.

"I carry a gun because a cop is too heavy." Clint Smith

Ladies, if your guy doesn't know how to shoot a gun, you have a girlfriend.

Close only counts in horseshoes, handgrenades, and nuclear warfare... Gunny

rskent said:

“perception is reality” is so wrong. Wrong on every level. Reality is reality, if your perception of reality is not reality then your perception is wrong. This one needs to go.

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I respectfully disagree. In the business world, it is VERY applicable.

I work for a company that sells scientific instrumentation. What the customer believes about our products becomes the reality, even if it is not.

For example:
If they can't get it to work correctly, it is broken, even if it is not.
If it shows up damaged from shipping, it is still *our* fault, even if it is not.
Even a minor problem is catastrophic, even if it is not, and is a simple fix.
etc.

Their perception is their reality. As a supplier, we have to deal with that every day.

My dad used to always say:

"The answer is 'MONEY'... Now, what is the question?"

Officers'Wife said:

Then there is my Dad... The deadliest weapon you can own lies with the few cubic inches inside your skull.

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Heinlein's version: Your best weapon is the one between your ears and behind your eyes... provided it is loaded.

There are a lot of pithy sayings in The Seventy Maxims for Maximally Effective Mercenaries. Some are pretty hokey - hey, its a comic strip - but some make sense.
https://www.ovalkwiki.com/index.php/The_Seventy_Maxims_of_Maximally_Effective_Mercenaries
I like No 6. "If violence wasn’t your last resort, you failed to resort to enough of it."

And if you want to get along and not fight, consider the First Rule of Metalaw: "Do unto others as they would have you do unto them."

^^^
Maxim 37 is one of my favorites.

I notice they have filled out the list of 70. Howard went for years with little more than half of the numbers assigned.

Jim Watson said:

Heinlein's version: Your best weapon is the one between your ears and behind your eyes... provided it is loaded.

There are a lot of pithy sayings in The Seventy Maxims for Maximally Effective Mercenaries. Some are pretty hokey - hey, its a comic strip - but some make sense.
https://www.ovalkwiki.com/index.php/The_Seventy_Maxims_of_Maximally_Effective_Mercenaries
I like No 6. "If violence wasn’t your last resort, you failed to resort to enough of it."

And if you want to get along and not fight, consider the First Rule of Metalaw: "Do unto others as they would have you do unto them."

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My uncle said he had a Colonel that would always tell his people... "Try not to err, but if you must err-err on the side of violence."

This is the same uncle that claimed he only took orders from God and Col Simons but neither of them were ever in radio range.